]]>a.venturi@avalpa.com (Andrea Venturi)LocationSun, 13 Apr 2008 21:41:09 +0000Introduction to Avalpahttp://www.avalpa.com/the-company/6-vision/2-introduction-to-avalpa
http://www.avalpa.com/the-company/6-vision/2-introduction-to-avalpaTelevision is going digital. We have the mission to improve it, with advanced, better, simpler, more dynamic technologies in a free software sauce. Avalpa is the next step..
]]>a.venturi@avalpa.com (Andrea Venturi)VisionSat, 12 Apr 2008 21:51:29 +0000Powerful and simple digital televisionhttp://www.avalpa.com/the-company/6-vision/3-powerful-and-simple-digital-television
http://www.avalpa.com/the-company/6-vision/3-powerful-and-simple-digital-televisionYes, we already know that tv viewing is an addictive experience and too many people are spending the most of their life in front of a tv set (by the way, the bigger, the better..) and that's not something that will simply fade away. So we need to shake a bit the product inside!]]>a.venturi@avalpa.com (Andrea Venturi)VisionSat, 12 Apr 2008 21:54:02 +0000Embrace the shifthttp://www.avalpa.com/the-company/14-mantra/13-embrace-the-shift
http://www.avalpa.com/the-company/14-mantra/13-embrace-the-shiftIf there's something hard learned in ICT, is that everything is changing night and day: new technologies, new people, new ideas, new stuff, always cheaper and more pervasive then before.

At Avalpa, we bet that we'll survive only if we'll embrace a changing mood. Maybe we'll face tough times but if we keep in mind that there's no safe harbour, we'll find the energy to keep floating.

This renowned Mario Andretti motto well gives the feeling of the fast paced times in this digital convergence age.

]]>a.venturi@avalpa.com (Andrea Venturi)MantraSun, 13 Apr 2008 21:08:05 +0000Twenty / Eightyhttp://www.avalpa.com/the-company/14-mantra/11-twenty-eighty
http://www.avalpa.com/the-company/14-mantra/11-twenty-eightyTwenty / Eighty is a pervasive concept. It's both about time to market and solution for the masses..

If you need to accomplish quickly some task, you'll need to focus on the core of the problem. For example, usually with the 20% of the "code" you get an 80% finished running prototype, and you'll be able to give a new service to a customer in a hurry (today, time to market is key to stay alive)

]]>a.venturi@avalpa.com (Andrea Venturi)MantraSun, 13 Apr 2008 21:00:32 +0000Power & Controlhttp://www.avalpa.com/the-company/14-mantra/10-power-a-control
http://www.avalpa.com/the-company/14-mantra/10-power-a-controlPower and control are two features you'll never enjoy completely when they don't come together.

To have the former and not the latter is like run on a fast Ferrari (TM) on the passenger seat. You never know if the driver lives up to the specs!

The viceversa is neither so good. It's like try to run a startup with only some Monopoly (TM) skills and money. You know all of the theory but you are completely missing the real thing. What a nightmare!

Here at Avalpa, we have a long and successful experience in project management and we always find, at wrap-up time, that every piece we are later going to add to a design is clashing with other components of the solution, because projects are living things so designing for a moving target is never accomplished easily.